THE NEW YORKER noisy grackle flew into a tree nearhy, Olle of its feet got caught in a crotch, 1nd it hung, fluttering, head down. i\ policc'nl:ul wen t 0 ff and got a ladder. Another policeIl1an appeared and hdd the ladder. .l'\nother policel11;u1 ca111C to watch. A fourth policeman came to watch. A fifth policeman showed up to keep a general eye. on things. The first policeman went up the lad- der but he couldn't reach the grackle. Several limousines, attracted by the show of force, stopped at the curb and ladies and gentlemen got out. Finally one man produced a piece of string, tied one end to a stone, and threw it over the branch from which the grackle hung. The limb was then pulled down within reach. Great good cheer as the grackle Vias saved. Cottsinly C 1 a1zdor A L.i\.D l, booking reservations in the course of a trip through En- gland this sum111er, wrote down from London to a hotel at one of the water- ing places, asking for information as to prices, accommodations, and so on. In a few days she had a reply, gIvIng details; it concluded with the rather startling statement: "\,\1 e regret to confess, however, that there is no life in the hote1." She thought about that quite a while. I seemed so frank, so straightforward, so utterly in keep- ing with that downrightness which is part of the Briton's charm. Besides, a good long week of rest was just what she felt she needed. She wrote at once, engaging rooms on the top Roar. Her letter had hardly been posted before another note arrived, frOIl1 the hotel, to correct a most unfortunate error. \Vhat had been meant, they pointed out, was "lift," not "life." This lady recalls that in A yrshire, in Scotland, the bars of the public houses are officially closed on Sunday, but in accordance with an old CUSt0111, you can get a drink if you have trav- elled more than twelve miles in reach- ing any given bar. The law which provides for that goes back to the days when travellers were tra vellers-w hen horsemen arrived, worn and thirsty, after hard riding over moor and fen. The law still"applies, even to those who have done their dozen miles by l11otOr. Similar old statutes are enforced in Dorset and other parts of England, our jnformant says. She relates an experience which befell a man in a woodsy region where he put up at an inn in a village and set out for a Sun- day \valk. He got lost and wandcn:d for hours. F'inal1y, after trudging fif- tEen rniles or so he C3 Ole up )n a village and sought out :t public house-. lIe c;taggerC'd to the b lr and when he clail11éJ his pint of ale was askeJ the extent of his journey. "How far do I have to have come?" he asked, warily. "More than three miles," said the bar- maid. "That's easy," said the traveller, "I've come at least fifteen." He then airily eXplained that he had started froI11 the hamlet in which he was stopping, and had got lost. To authen- ticate his story he gave the name of the village he had come froIl1 and the name of his inn. ":\h , sir," said the r il l : f.' .of, ' ", , :, ; ; :):i;: ' '\! } ;t : $. :'ß :..' '} : ! "::; ;';?i;i7 ' :: " Z" t , ,, , , /, , t , , f1/ .." "",<,>>", " if ..r; .r'1 }o/' l ' ,.. ., , a >>" '" 1 t , j '-.p oON-;<<:"':-';'; ..' ;:; Bf , " .:it :.::' ',* 'i "" ,!'" :::-;:;::" t >' :" ' :: â :." . :.::- t ?;:::'::: :::,\ .. " {': . ..:. "." :: #i f:::.:"::::'", . ::: if :::;.:. :,ø,.: '::.;::::.: .'::: ::=' ,:'; ;,',,:,::ét" : t {. :: { '! }:::'::. ....1.1: ....:..:.. :' "--- 1 1 barmaid, sadly, "that is this village, and your inn is just around the corner." /:vlOtlelJ B OPCHER'S, the yacht-n1odel place in :\1adison ..A. venue, has its models made down in Lafayette Street. They have juSt completed two models of the old Corsair there, and are waiting for Mr. J. P. IV'iorgan to pick them up. One shows the Corsair as she was during the war, fitted out as a cruis- er; the other as she was after the war, looking just like an ordinary private yacht except for the two chevrons on her funnel. 1"'hese 111ean she sank two .., fô;j: ì i1 ' {" . ....-.::...; =k .:hø ,/ .. S !. /';';,(",<:,/Y",:, \":: :::Z;::::::'r';:i''jl t ' . . . <$=,. ':..."::" )/IIfO'". ... f, :.".:. ......-:-...... ..-y . ' \ "" " " < ',,,,,, ":' '" " " -: :': .::: : :; ".:-;. " , :-,:, ,.. M .., " ,'. ." .:,,: ' ---: ", ,:t t:t:. :'ii>":/"" ,:'" . /;-,ytw t ,:, ' \? Æ:'J :;'ifk,,< lM,m" L" v' f:ËI :-:-..":- . .........:-. .. .': ' ......::.......:.:; , J'< P#:\'t:; : ' . ....:: . ( ., >./ ' 1 1\ /, ,' , ''''' i!' ',' ........ ".' :. r. ' .. :: w,.,.,-';" .; 4St :; ((God) Wajor! Keep your tail up ,))